Kate Hudson Would Be 'Regretful' if She Didn't Make Album 'Glorious'

Kate Hudson reveals that she would be "regretful" if she didn't have the chance to make Glorious, her newest album.

Speaking to Billboard, the actress-turned-singer reflects on the time she first started working on what is now a full-blown studio album.

"In COVID, it became sort of the thing for me. I was writing a lot of music. I was in my house with my piano and our guitars and our studio, and we just started writing a ton," she recalled. "That's when it really started to hit me that if I don't do this, I'll feel like I've left something creatively on the table and I would be just so regretful. So, I was putting it energetically out there and then it just happened."

In the interview with the publication, Hudson revealed that when she sang for a Charity Zoom in one of her children's schools, producer Linda Perry saw her potential, who happens to have a child at the same school.

"She called me up [and asked] 'Do you sing a lot, and would you want to come in the studio and sing a song I think you'd sound really good on?'" Hudson recalled being asked by Perry. "The song wasn't on the album; it was just a way to get together and meet and see. And then she's like, 'Do you write?' and I said, 'Yeah,' and she's like, 'Well, Let's write!'"

Since then, Glorious materialized and will be released on May 17, 2024, with majority of the songs she has co-written with Perry.

Meanwhile, Hudson's foray into music hasn't been all welcoming. She has received criticism for being too "old" to make music.

Hudson shared the encounter when speaking to CBS Mornings about her new music.

"There was someone who said to me -- and it kind of jarred me a little," she remembered. "It was when I was in my early 30s, and they basically said, 'It's done, it's passed. You can't, you're too old.'"

The Almost Famous actress had nothing but a two-word reply to the critic.

"And you know, for me, it wasn't just about being a performer, it was about wanting to write music. So it kind of, like, kind of resonated there for a bit," she explained. "And then I was like, 'Eh, f - - k you.' No, no one tells me what to do."

According to the 45-year-old actress, she just doesn't care anymore what people think of her decision to pursue music at this point in her life.

"It was never right, whether it was my own stuff or feeling afraid to mess up my movie career -- just never felt right. Until now. I'm just doing it."

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Kate Hudson, Linda Perry